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RIEL STILL UNBURIED.; HIS BODY SMUGGLED INTO THE CATHEDRAL CELLAR TO PREVENT TROUBLE.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. 12.--The funeral of Louis Riel took place in St. Boniface, a little French town across the river from here, this morning. St. Boniface was Riel's home, and his last request on the scaffold was to be buried there beside his father.

December 13, 1885

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